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Clement Attlee

UK Prime Minister, 1945 to 1951

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Founded the National Health Service, nationalized major industries and oversaw Indian independence.

Clement Attlee sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly institutional on institutions and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on environment and religion.

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Where Clement Attlee sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Clement Attlee

KeynesianismSupports government spending and central bank action to smooth recessions and protect…99%LabourismDraws on trade unions and working-class communities to win better wages, rights and…99%FabianismPursues socialism gradually through research, education and reform rather than revolution.99%Modern monetary theoryArgues that governments issuing their own currency can spend to reach full employment,…98%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Presumably Yousuf Karsh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.